This book is filled with plenty of adventure, excellent descriptions of places that paint detailed mental pictures. Would recommend his book to all those who want to explore life and are willing to follow the less travelled path. Taking time and money off from the Stanford University, Seth stays in China for 2 years. Seth tries to put together the macroeconomics of his textbooks and the micro from what he notices. He paints the socio-political vista of a demographically varied China the Han, the Uighurs and the Tibetans.